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Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

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Yearning for escape and adventure, a young boy runs away from home and sails to an island filled with creatures that take him in as their king.Yearning for escape and adventure, a young boy runs away from home and sails to an island filled with creatures that take him in as their king.Yearning for escape and adventure, a young boy runs away from home and sails to an island filled with creatures that take him in as their king.

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Director
- Spike Jonze
Writers
- Spike Jonze(screenplay)
- Dave Eggers(screenplay)
- Maurice Sendak(book)
Stars
- Max Records
- Catherine O'Hara(voice)
- Forest Whitaker(voice)

Director
- Spike Jonze
Writers
- Spike Jonze(screenplay)
- Dave Eggers(screenplay)
- Maurice Sendak(book)
Stars
- Max Records
- Catherine O'Hara(voice)
- Forest Whitaker(voice)

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- 7 wins & 54 nominations

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Director
- Spike Jonze
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- Spike Jonze(screenplay)
- Dave Eggers(screenplay)
- Maurice Sendak(book)
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Douglas: Will you keep out all the sadness?
Max: I have a sadness shield that keeps out all the sadness, and it's big enough for all of us.

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Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Duplicity/Knowing/I Love You, Man (2009)

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Running Time: An hour and a half MPAA Rating: PG Max is angry. He is imaginative and rambunctious, but he has no control. He knows that, like the sun, one day his energy will run out and he'll fade away. These are difficult thoughts for a young boy who already has the dilemmas of his age to deal with. Many people learn to cope with life's troubles in their own way, and Max does so by becoming a wild thing.

The movie adds some unique elements to the original Maurice Sendak storybook. Max's behavior is given a cause and his trip into the land of the wild things is given a purpose. Each of the creatures has a unique personality derived from Max's experiences with people in his homeland. Carol (played by James Gandolfini), whose anarchic and misunderstood nature Max immediately identifies with, specifically seems to provide the boy a means for coming to terms with the father now missing from his life.

What really brings this film to life is the music. Written by Karen O (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs), the songs provide a youthful vigor that complements the action on screen. It was built from scratch for the movie and great use within each context shows. Energetic tracks filled with wild instrumentation and playground yells lend credence to the playful scenes in the movie, and Karen O's soft vocals fit in perfectly with the sentimental points.

Book purists won't be pleased to learn the extent of added material, of course, but may find comfort in the heavy involvement of the original author in the making of this film. Spike Jonze was specifically given the permission of the author, who had previously seen and highly regarded his work. Although this film does take much of the mystery and imagination out of the hands of the viewer, Sendak has given his personal approval of the interpretation after viewing the final product.

In the end, this movie wasn't quite what it could have been. It loses some of its steam toward the middle, when certain scenes feel as though they've been drawn out as long as possible to give the movie a bump to above the acceptable hour and a half mark. There are more shaky-cam running scenes in the film than an episode of "24", which could have easily become redundant and intolerable had it not been for the expressive and enthralling soundtrack. Fortunately, the movie manages to work as presented, and members of the audience may be inspired to search out the wild things within themselves once more.

The easily queasy should be warned; much of this movie is shot by hand-held camera, leading to what has become known as the "shaky-cam" effect. This can work out of some viewers' favor, but shouldn't provide a problem for the majority of audience members.

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Release date
- October 16, 2009 (United States)
Countries of origin
- Germany
- United States
- Australia
Official sites
- Official Facebook
- Warner Bros. (France)
Language
- English
Also known as
- More Rice
Filming locations
- Flinders, Victoria, Australia
Production companies
- Warner Bros.
- Legendary Entertainment
- Village Roadshow Pictures
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Box office

Budget
- $100,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $77,233,467
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $32,695,407
- Oct 18, 2009
Gross worldwide
- $100,140,916

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Runtime
1 hour 41 minutes
Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- SDDS
- DTS
Aspect ratio
- 2. 39 : 1

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10 wild facts about Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are | Children's books

President Obama chose to read one of his favourite children’s books, Where The Wild Things Are, for the 2016 Easter Egg Roll at the White House. His very dramatic reading, accompanied by First Lady Michelle, featured claws and roars from the excited crowd! As one of our favourite children’s books too, here are some fun facts that you may or may not know about Maurice Sendak’s classic.

1. The book is about the author’s childhood

Where The Wild Things Are is inspired by Maurice’s youth, his background growing up in Brooklyn and his relationship with his parents. He intended to write about his own experiences and the people he knew, and the books became a form of self-expression for him.

President Obama and First Lady Michelle read Where The Wild Things Are Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images

2. Maurice actually began his career as an illustrator

Maurice’s first published work were illustrations for a textbook titled Atomics for the Millions in 1947. He continued to illustrate other people’s children’s books, before he was given the chance to write and draw his own.

3. Where The Wild Things Are was not the original title

The initial working title of the book was ‘Where The Wild Horses Are’, and the story was supposed to be about a child who escapes to the land of the wild horses. Although his editor loved the idea, Maurice realised he was unable to draw horses, and the idea of the ‘Wild Things’ was born.

4. ‘Wild thing’ refers to a Yiddish term

When Maurice was a child, his mother often used to call him a “vilde chaya”, meaning ‘wild animal’ in Yiddish. In the book, when Max’s mother call’s him a “wild thing!” he retorts with “I’ll eat you up!”, which is why he is sent to bed with no supper.

An image from the 2009 film adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are. Photograph: Warner Bros.

5. The ‘Things’ in the book were based on Maurice’s relatives

Maurice began to draw his ‘Things’, which he wanted to be personal creations rather than stereotypical and traditional monsters. He soon realised his inventions were similar to his Jewish relatives from his childhood, who came for Sunday lunch each week and often told him he “looked so good we could eat you up”. He focused on their appearance as entertainment when he was younger, and this is what inspired the ‘Wild Things’.

6. Like Max, Maurice often went to bed without his supper

After dressing in his wolf costume and causing chaos in his house, Max is sent to bed with no supper as a punishment. Maurice revealed that he too sometimes went to bed without any supper, but for a very different reason – he hated his mother’s cooking!

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The book was initially received badly

Upon its release, many psychologists thought that the book would be very traumatising for young children. A prominent psychiatrist said the book would cause fear of desertion, and that Max throwing a tantrum is unacceptable behaviour which appeared to be glorified in the story. Since then, the psychiatrist revealed they had never even read the book, and it has gone on to receive many awards, including the Caldecott medal.

8. Maurice didn’t want to write a sequel

Despite the popularity of the book, which was his most successful, before his death Maurice revealed he didn’t want to create a series from the story, and there was no convincing him to even consider it.

9. Where The Wild Things Are has been adapted many times

In the 1980s, Maurice worked with the British composer Oliver Knussen on a children’s opera based on the book, which was most notably performed at the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2002. In 1983, Walt Disney conducted a series of computer-generated imagery tests, using Where The Wild Things Are as their subject. In 2009, a live-action film version of the book was released, directed by Spike Jonze and with Maurice as one of the producers.

10. The children’s book has received many awards

Obama is not the only president who is a big fan of the book – in 1997, American writer Maurice received the National Medal of Arts from President Clinton!

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Savagery is a term common in anthropology of the late 18th and early 20th centuries, denoting the most primitive stage in the development of human society.
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Savagery is one of the developmental stages identified in early theories of social evolution. Montesquieu (1689- 1755) suggested that the three main stages of social development were hunting or wildness; cattle breeding or barbarism ...
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Wildness 2

Wild Things 2 is a 2004 American erotic thriller film directed by Jack Pares. Brittany Havers is about to inherit her stepfather Niles' fortune after his death in a plane crash.
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Wildness 4: Orgy

Wild Things: Foursome is a 2010 American erotic thriller film directed by Andy Hirst. The son of a murdered millionaire, owner of a chain of hotels, understands ...
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Wild Things - erotic detective thriller 1998, filmed in America by director John McNaught. Starring Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell and Denise Richards. "Get Wild" (Eng. Get Wild).
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Wildness (film, 2006)

Wilderness is a 2006 horror thriller film directed by Michael Bassett. The film premiered on March 19, 2006. A guy named Davey, who is in prison, commits suicide.
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Wildness (film series)

"Wildness" (Eng. Wild Things, literally - "Wild Things") - a series of American films in the genre of erotic thriller with detective elements, filmed from 1998 to 2010. There are currently 4 films in the series.
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Wildness 3: Rough Diamonds

Wild Things: Diamonds In The Rough is a 2005 American erotic thriller film directed by Jay Lowy. The action of the film, as in the previous parts, takes place in the fictional port city of Blue Bay.
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Wild / awn /.
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Wildness (film series) | it's.

.. What is Wildness (film series)? Wild Things 98 to 2010. There are currently 4 films in the series.

Contents

1 Description
2 Movies
3 Foreign names ^[3]
4 Notes
5 Links

Description

The films are not related to each other in any way, but are only united structurally ^[1] and the general atmosphere ^[2] — a group of people decides on a scam involving sex and murder titled Sex Crimes , which was also the working title ^[3] ), but in the end it turns out that each of its participants is a traitor and pursues his own selfish goals. The end credits of each picture show flashback scenes that reveal the main storylines. In addition, the action of the films takes place in the state of Florida, in the fictional city of Blue Bay (eng. Blue Bay ), which translates as Blue Bay .

Each of the films contains many lesbian scenes ^[4] , as well as strong bisexual overtones.

Films

The first film of "Wildness" was released in 1998, it was directed by John McNathon, and the main roles were played by famous Hollywood actors Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell and Denise Richards with Bill Murray in a small role.

The picture failed at the box office, but eventually acquired a cult status ^[5] ^[6] , taking its place among such erotic thrillers as "Basic Instinct" and "Fatal Attraction". Due to the success of the film on VHS and DVD, the decision was made to make a sequel, which will be released directly on video.

The second part of "Wildness 2" was not a direct sequel and was released on video in 2004. The film was directed by Jack Perez and starred young actresses Layla Archieri, Susan Ward and Katie Stewart. The film followed the structure of the original film, and the final scene again shows scenes that reveal key intrigues.

The third film and the second sequel "Wildness 3: Diamonds in the Rough" directed by Jay Lovi - the picture was released in 2007. Like the previous film, the picture was released directly on DVD, showing good sales results.

The latest movie "Wildness 4: Orgy" came out in 2010 and was directed by Andy Hirst. The picture was given a bright subtitle "Orgy" - probably to draw attention to the franchise, in which the public is gradually losing interest ^[7] . The film starred mostly unknown actors, although television actor John Schneider played a small role as a detective. Many critics called the film the worst in the series, also noting that the Blu-ray edition of the film also leaves much to be desired ^[8] .

Foreign names

^[3]

Wild Things (USA, Greece)
Sex Crimes / Sex crimes (Belgium, France, Italy)
Criaturas Salvajes / Wild Creatures (Argentina)
Divje Strasti / Wild passions (Slovenia, Serbia)
Divlja Igra / Wild Game (Croatia)
Racoleuses / Sales (Canada)
Juegos Salvajes / Wild Games (Spain)
Dzikie Zadze (Poland)
Garotas Selvagens (Brazil)
Ligações Selvagens (Portugal)
Meshulush Pra'ee (Israel)
Nebezpecné Hry (Czech Republic)
Vad Vagyak (Hungary)
Vahsi Seyler (Turkey)
Villit Kuviot (Finland)

Notes

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